Chicago at St. Louis

Everyone wondered what was wrong with Carlos Zambrano after he completed May with an ERA of 5.63. He has answered those questions. Zambrano has been the top pitcher in baseball since then. He has worked 63 innings yielding just 30 hits, opponents hitting just .155 against him, and his ERA has been 1.43. It has vaulted him to the NL lead in wins. What may be even worse news for St. Louis is that when he was pitching poorly he held them to 1 run in 7 innings earlier in the season. Kip Wells has pitched much better, but it hasn't helped to put the Cardinals in the win column. The Cards are a woeful 4-17 in his starts. The Cardinals have allowed 10 runs or more in 12 of their 50 losses and the Cubs are playing over .600 baseball for the past 40 games.